Muse at AsiaWorld-Expo British rockers Muse, voted best band in the world, stormed through Hong Kong last night with an ear-splitting gig that had thousands of teenage fans rocking. The Devon three-piece lifted the roof off the AsiaWorld-Expo with their high-volume heavy rock. They were recently voted best band in the world and best live act by NME readers in Britain. The awards topped a spectacular year during which Muse hit No1 in charts around the world with their album Black Holes and...

The Lexicon of Love ABC Neutron/Mercury While the rest of the world indulged their 1980s pop whims in gaudy day-glo clothes, power-shoulder suits and embarrassing radio pop courtesy of the big American music labels, the decade that style forgot was busily producing yet another musical revolution in Britain. Synth pop, new pop - call it what you will - was emerging from the embers of punk, a lavishly retooled pop that took punk's DIY and back-to-basics ethics and welded it to sophisticated...

ICELANDIC MUSICIAN Ólafur Arnalds loves contrasts. His latest album For Now I Am Winter is a musical portrayal of seasonal weather changes, while his previous release explored the different emotions inspired by night and day. So it comes as no surprise that the aspect of Hong Kong he loves the most is - you guessed it - its contrasts. "You have this amazingly beautiful mountain on the island and these huge modern buildings. When you're on top of the mountain looking over the other side,...